Central Queensland 2025 winners
A breathtaking home expertly crafted atop a rugged coastal cliff has claimed the lion’s share of accolades at the Master Builders 2025 Central Queensland Housing & Construction Awards. The highly anticipated formal event was held at The Rockhampton Leagues Club on Friday 8 August, celebrating the year’s most outstanding homes, projects, and people. Read the 2025 media release.
*Items in bold with an asterisk won the in same category at the Queensland 2025 Housing & Construction Awards
Major winners
- House of the Year Award – DR Moore Constructions for The Saramoa (Zilzie)
- McInnes Wilson Lawyers Project of the Year Award – Paynters for Keppel Bay Sailing Club (Yeppoon)
- BUSSQ Building Super President's Award – WHF Constructions for CQU North Rockhampton - New Facility (Norman Gardens)
Individual winners
- Apprentice of the Year Award – Kye Sutton from Jones Building Group
- Women in Building Award – Valerie Piquet from Jones Building Group
- Rising Star Award – Douglas Jones from Jones Building Group
Specialty winners
- Best Residential Bathroom – Lyke Homes for SavageForbes Coastal Home (Barmaryee)
- Best Residential Kitchen – DR Moore Constructions for The Saramoa (Zilzie)
- Best Residential Swimming Pool – DR Moore Constructions for The Saramoa (Zilzie)
Housing winners
- Display Home from $600,000 up to $800,000 – Stroud Homes Rockhampton for Wildflower 216 (Parkhurst)
- Home Renovation Project from $300,000 up to $450,000 – C J Bell for West View (West Gladstone)
- Home Renovation Project from $450,000 up to $600,000 – BCM Building for Hamilton (Hamilton Creek)*
- Home Renovation Project from $750,000 up to $1 million – C J Bell for West Renovation (Gladstone)
- Individual Home from $400,000 up to $550,000 – Corbett Homes for Ritz Novo 180 (Emerald)
- Individual Home from $550,000 up to $700,000 – Lyke Homes for The Sir Davidson Project (Kinka Beach)
- Individual Home from $700,000 up to $850,000 – Darrin Price Constructions for Walker (Calliope)
- Individual Home from $850,000 up to $1 million – Wolf Constructions QLD for Rossmoya Build (The Caves)
- Individual Home from $1 million up to $1.5 million – Corbett Homes for Casa Bella Vista (Lammermoor)*
- Individual Home from $1.5 million up to $2 million – Swebworthy Constructions for Inverness View (Inverness)
- Individual Home from $2.5 million up to $3 million – DR Moore Constructions for The Saramoa (Zilzie)
- Truecore Best Use of Steel Frame Housing Award – Stroud Homes Rockhampton for The Shouse (Bungundarra)
- Best Use of Sloping Sites – DR Moore Constructions for The Saramoa (Zilzie)
- Excellence in Construction Quality – Lyke Homes for SavageForbes Coastal Home (Barmaryee)
Construction winners
- Health Facilities up to $20 million – Paynters for Capricorn Coast Renal Services Extension and Essential Energy Building (Hidden Valley)*
- Education Facilities up to $10 million – Swebworthy Constructions for Coastal Kids (Taranganba)
- Education Facilities over $10 million – Hutchinson Builders for Rockhampton Special School New Gla's and ITD Building (Rockhampton)
- Sporting Facilities – TP Aquatic Constructions for Mount Morgan Aquatic Centre (Mount Morgan)
- Community Service Facilities – T.F Woollam & Son for North Rockhampton Ambulance Station & Central Regional Office (Parkhurst)
- Community Accommodation – Hutchinson Builders for Denison Street Apartments (Rockhampton)
- Tourism and Leisure Facilities up to $10 million – Diversified Building Services (Qld) for Moura Museum and Library (Moura)
- Tourism and Leisure Facilities over $10 million – Paynters for Keppel Bay Sailing Club (Yeppoon)
- Retail Facilities up to $5 million – Hutchinson Builders for Hungry Jacks Gracemere (Gracemere)*
- Retail Facilities over $5 million – Hutchinson Builders for GyG & Banjo's Bakery (Rockhampton)
- Commercial Refurbishment/Renovation up to $5 million – Paynters for Rockhampton Leagues Club - Gaming and Level 1 Alterations and Additions (Rockhampton)
- Commercial Refurbishment/Renovation from $15 million up to $30 million – Mettle for Peppers Yaralla (Gladstone)*
